I’m invited to a gala dinner hosted by our mayor for the mayor and some council members of our twinned town in the UK. As I will have some talk to both the British mayor and the council members, what are the correct terms to respectfully address them in their ranks and functions?
If you are announcing them:
Speaking to them:
Councillor either way: Councillor Bloggs.
At which point they’ll look suitably embarrassed and say “just call me Jo/e”
If you are concerned the relevant council should have guidance on this, most of it online.
No, I’m not going to announce them ;-) But maybe, if we have a conversation going, I am going to ask him what he thinks about “His Worship”.
So it is just “Mr. Mayor Lindney”, which is fine with me.
That’ll do. They’d have to be a proper stuffed shirt to get their knickers in a twist over any minor lapses in etiquette. Most mayors are just local councilors.